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The discovery consists of a partial skeleton, including part of the sea cow’s skull and 18 vertebrae.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Venezuela revealed that the ancient marine mammal was killed by a croc that sank its teeth into the sea cow’s snout before pulling it down into a death spiral — a tactic also used by present-day crocodiles to subdue their prey.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
How Sharks Foster Seagrasses Along the remote coast of Western Australia, more than two decades of work shows that the mere presence of tiger sharks shapes the entire seagrass ecosystem by changing where and how big grazers, such as sea turtles and sea cows, feed.
—Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
Tiger sharks, for instance, eat big grazers like turtles and sea cows, and thus protect the sea grass.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Venezuela revealed that the ancient marine mammal was killed by a croc that sank its teeth into the sea cow’s snout before pulling it down into a death spiral — a tactic also used by present-day crocodiles to subdue their prey.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
How Sharks Foster Seagrasses Along the remote coast of Western Australia, more than two decades of work shows that the mere presence of tiger sharks shapes the entire seagrass ecosystem by changing where and how big grazers, such as sea turtles and sea cows, feed.
—Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
Tiger sharks, for instance, eat big grazers like turtles and sea cows, and thus protect the sea grass.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
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“Sea cow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20cow. Accessed 25 Sep. 2024.
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